Hi DanielrEverything is fine here. The weather has been unpredictable but somehow that's to be expected these days. I saw your father yesterday, he looked good. Must be all the walking he's doing. Anyway, I hope you're ok out there. I'll check in soon with your boss to make sure everything is going ok. I love you.rSamrBut seriously this is absolutely mind-blowing for a major label debut. The Money Store is anti-establishment, anti-order, The Joker in music form. Welcome to the future.

I don't know guys. It is an interesting hit and immediately compelling but after a couple days, I stare back at my stereo when this is playing and just go "ALRIGHT WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A MINUTE"

When Ex-Military came out, Death Grips came in with a unique mix of glitchy hip-hop beats and hardcore punk aggression into a sound that could hardly be categorized into one genre. And shortly a year later we have DG make a true sense of musical progression with The Money Store. Much of the first half of this album will be familiar but with the second half a batch of club bangers come in. And when I say club bangers I mean disgustingly huge raw bass and drum beats that will absolutely tear you a new one. The Money Store sees the trio exploring more dance-y type tracks but still keeping themselves firmly rooted in their agro hip-hop punk sound that right now no one is even close to copying. Death Grips have their own alley of sound and they continue to run with it, and with that, The Money Store should easily be on top of many 2012 lists.

Glitchy, schizophrenic, genre-transcendent "hip-hop". Death Grips are a band that people either love or hate, and I'm an admirer of their sound despite valid criticisms against them. This album is quite challenging on the first listen, just like all their stuff to an extent, but The Money Store is quite easily the best thing Death Grips will ever make. Their debut mixtape was completely off the wall, noisy, lo-fi punk/electronica inclined rap music, but some of it was just a bit too long for it's own good despite potential. Here though, they keep the songs much shorter, with more comprehensible structures instead of the manic sound of Exmilitary. But, this doesn't mean that this is a softer version of DG; it's more of a controlled chaos sound for the three guys. Ride's vocals are more processed, but to sound abrasive instead of smooth like one might expect. The beats are glitchier, with very few live performances coming from Zach Hill, but it works perfectly with the music. There is also less sampling going on, instead opting for more glitchy electronics, which gives it a more original sound. Simply put, this is Death Grips' near masterpiece, and the best thing they would ever put out. That is, until we hear Jenny Death...

This is a very polarizing album. Some will love it to death, and some will hate it with a passion. And it should just be left at that. No one should be attacked as being a pseudo-intellectual asshole who doesn't know the first thing about music and/or is trying to be cool by liking something different from the norm, and no one should be stamped as someone who doesn't get or appreciate the genius that they do not see in the music. Either take it or leave it, and don't judge based on who is listening.

This seems to be made out as if rap and electronic music didn't blend together before. This album had some moments in the hooks but would you really want to play this album front to back without skipping? Half of the album is very scatter-brained to be considered noteworthy...

Endlessly re-playable. The lyrics are worth reading into despite being largely unintelligible if not written out.
The instrumentals are hard-hitting, unique, full of surprises, and catchy as hell. The album WILL get its hooks
into you if you let it. Simply put, this is the best alternative hip-hop album I have ever purchased. rGive it a
try. If you can't get into it, give it a few months. I can almost guarantee that eventually, it will all make sense
and it will become impossible not to appreciate what Death Grips have created with this album.

I don't listen to very many hip-hop records, but of those that I have heard, The Money Store ranks up there as one of my favourites. The thirteen tracks on here are almost unanimously noisy, loud, and extremely detailed, and the superb production perfectly compliments them, ensuring that every note, sample, and drum hit can be heard clearly amidst the chaos. A couple of slightly inferior tracks stop this from being a 5- it's close- but regardless, this is a unique, superb listen, though certainly a polarizing one as well. 4.8

At first listen, i didnt 'get' this. At second, i begin to understand what theyre trying to do, but have this feeling that they arent the only ones doing this blend of heavy primal hip-hop/[slight]dubstep. Good album though, after a few listens anyways. If this album isn't doing anything for you, try listening with good/decent over-the-ear headphones, it helps.

The lyrics are almost unintelligible and the production is nothing to gawk at, but it definitely kept my attention. I'm reluctant to give it this high of an rating because of their real-life antics, but what can you do?

Abrasive, violent, claustrophobic and fun are the first words that come to mind when thinking of this masterpiece. Some will call it mindless and shallow but in the end who really cares? All we have to do now is sit and see how it ages.

All remnants of originality (stuff that could "scare people", or whatever it is that hypermasculine chest-beaters think music should do) were discarded in favor of laughably augmented brostep. Not to say that all-electronic arrangements make poor hip-hop, just that they shouldn't be used to achieve the same effect as metal guitars. Idk, this album seems to be all the rage, though, so it seems unlikely to me that Death Grips will ever look back. Meh. The revolution *will* be televised.

For a few days, I thought this was THE new shit. Then my ears just hurt. It's interesting and
novel, but ultimately the beats are subpar, especially when they aren't heavy or "raw" enough
to achieve that aggressiveness that seems a worthy goal in itself. The lyrics are generally
good, and I personally dig Ride's delivery. Especially when he sounds genuinely angry, which
is unfortunately lost for a fair portion of the record. Much better than Exmilitary, but that
wasn't hard.

Simply put, the album is a giant meme and I absolutely love it. Get get get get got got got got, I'm in yo area, Gaga can't handle this shit, aye aye, its such a log way down!.. And the list goes on. I'm loving this thing